Clothes wringer, mangle, or other roller-machine.



G. H. iANTZ.

CLOTHES WHINGER, MANGLE, OR OTHER ROLLER MACHINE. APPLICATION HLED 5pm.:5. :sn.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918 GUSTAV}: H. JANE,

CLOTHES 'WBIN'" ER, MANGLE,

PA'lTENT OFFICE.

or WYOMING, oHIo.

OR OTHER ROLLER-MACHINE Application filed January 15, 1817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, (ius'mvi: H. Jimi'z, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wyoming, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes .Vringers, Man'les, or other Roller-Machines, of which t e following isaspecification.

My invention relates to clothes Wringers, mangles, or other rollermachines, in which provision is made for quickly releasing the tensionupon the rolls ofv the machine, in case the fingers of the operator, orany other object becomes accidentally caught between the rolls; and hasfor its object the provision of releasing mulls. which "will he positivein operation, and of simple construction, whereby the pressure exertedupon both of the rolls will hc simultaneously released through themovement of a latching medium of novel construction.

The invention wili he further readily understood from the followingdescription and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter myinvention is exemplified as applied to a clothes Wringer.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a wringer embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a plan iew of the same, with the upper ends of the adjustingscrews broken away.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. t is a vertical transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an ei'ilarged detai section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary end View of a wringer embodying myinvention.

11 represents the end-stiles of the Wringer frame, provided with theusual bearings 12 for drive-shaft 13, supporting the lower roll 14 ofthe machine, the upper roll 1.5 which is adapted to coact with roll 14,being provided with stul -shafts 16 which are journa'led in bearings 17arranged to slide up and down in slots 18 in the respective end-stiles11. The usual gears 19, 20, when employed. are'respectively secured torolls 14, 15, so as to communicate motion from the former t0 the latter.

A follow-har 22 is guided in slots 18 as by lugs 23 secured to thefollow-bar and projecting into the slots. a spring, instanoed as ahelical spring 24, being located in each slot Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 26, 5918.

Serial No. 142,481.

between in; 223- and hearing ii therein. Cross ,rt 25 of thewriiwmframe. which is role-sen il received at its wspcctiu. mule inslots lt? oi the proximate cnrl'stiics, is provided with the usualadjusting screws 52ft, which are shown thumb-screws, the screws beinginstanccd threaded in nuts 27 re ceived and held against turning inf-llili hll recesses in the cm: the adjusting SClLoS her. 2,33 23, sothat adjustment of the vary the tension of swing; sequent ill'lfifi lf"between roll A latching medium i sohly retain cros irf s 0 relative t Winger.

i with. relain 1 .o the siide iitiilg members secured to stiles. Theretaining int-n15. one end of thewringer instanced. as a pint. 31secured to the outer face of the cw i'ie, as by screws 32, the late....iending upwardly above the end-sti e and being provided with. a slot33 through which the proximate end of slide 30 is adapted to beprojected to form a latch, the upper end of: the plate above the slotforininga keeper forthe end of the slide. The retaining member at theopposite end of the wringer, is exemplified comprising clips 35 securedto the inner face of the endstilc, ash screws 36, th clips eslendingupwardly above thin. ends: Wardly above the end in" form lips 37. Theouter ends a t preferably provided with enlargemcns, suchig shown at 38.The proximate end of slid' erally rejecting tongues 35 adapted to hereceived under lips 37 for forming a latch. The adjusting screws 26 ofthe Wringer, are adapted to extend through slide 39, which isexemplified as provided with suitably positioned elongated slots 41 forthe pur ose, and the slide is preferably adapted to e slidablysecured-to cross girt 25 byscrews d2, whichh-re received throughsuitable slots 43 in the slide and are screwed into the upper face ofthe cross-gilt, the walls of slots 41 and 43 forming guiding means forthe endwise n'iovement of the slide.

Slide 30 is adapted to he moved endwise relative to cross-girt 25, towithdraw the upon tin: lugs screws acts to and the con glrt the lowerends of is instanced as provided with lat ends of the slide from slot 33and from beneath lips 37 respectively by a movement in the samedirection at both ends of the machine, to release the cross-girt fromcndstiles l1 and thus release the tension upon springs 24 and thepressure between rolls 14 and 15 throughout the lengths of said rolls,the mechanism for thus moving slide 30, being instanced as comprising afinger 45 pivotally mounted upon the cross-girt of V the wringer, andadapted to enga e the slide so that when the finger is osci lated, theslide will be moved a sufficient distance to release the cross-girt.

Finger 45 is exemplified for this purpose, as provided with a bearingboss 46, throu h which extends a shaft 47 journaled at its ends inbrackets 48, which are secured to opposite sides of the cross-girt, theparts being so arranged that the swinging end of fingen 45 is receivedin a bearin socket 49 upon" slide30, so that the slide Wlll be movedend," Wise by the swinging of the finger upon its pivot.

The means for actuating finger 45, preferably comprises a lever-handle51 extending outwardly from boss 46, upon which the operator may bear inthe case of an emergency, to oscillate the finger and consequentlyrelease the pressure between the wringer-rolls. The slide 30 ispreferably normally held in latching position by means ,of a spring,tending to hold handle 51 in raised position and instanced as a helicalspring 52 interposed between slide 30 and :handle 51 and received overprojections 53 upon the slide and handle.

.By the mechanism as thus described, it will be seen that I provide asimple but eflicient construction, whereby both ends of ghecross-girt'of the machine are released rom engagement with theendstiles, by movement in one direction, of a slidably mounted latchingmedium, the ends of the latchin medium being normally positively engagedby cooperating retaining members.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

V 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame,a pressure roll in said frame, means for exerting pressure on said rollincluding a cross-member received by said frame, means for releasablyretainin said cross-member in said frame comprising a slide adapted toengage said frame at opposite ends thereof, said slide being arranged tobe disengaged from said frame by an endwisemovement of said sliderelative to said frame in one direction at both said opposite ends.

- 2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame,a pressure roll in said frame, a cross-member received at its oppositeends by said frame, pressure exertlng means between said roll and saidcross-member, retaining members upon said frame proximate to the ends ofsaid cross member, a slide mounted upon said crossmember and movableendwise thereof, one end of said slide being adapted to engage theretaining member proximate to one end of said cross-member, and theother end of said slide being provided with laterally extending tonguesadapted to engage the retaining member proximate to the other end ofsaid cross-member, said slide and retaining members being so arranged asto disengage said ends of said slide from said retaining members byendwise movement of said slide in one direction.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a framecomprisin endstiles, a pressure roll journaled in sai endstiles, across-member received at its oppo site ends b said end-stiles, pressureexerting means etween said roll and said crossmember, a 'slide mountedupon said crossmember and movable endwise relative thereto, retainingmeans upon the outer face of one of said end-stiles adapted to receivean end of said slide, the opposite end of said slide being provided withlaterally extending tongues, and retaining means secured to the innerface of the other of said end-stiles and adapted to receive saidlaterally extending tongues, said slide and retaining means being soarranged as to disengage said slide from said retaining means by endwisemovement of said slide relative to said crossmember, and operating meansupon said cross-member engagin said, slide, and adapted to move saidside relative to said cross-member.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame, apressure roll therein, a cross-member for said frame, pressure meansbetween said cross-member and said roll, and releasing means for saidcrossmember comprising a central retaining member at one end of saidframe and laterally separated retaining members at the other end of saidframe, a slide provided with a central contact art at one of its endscoacting with said rst-named retaimng member and laterally separatedcon-

